This edition: Resiliency: Puerto Rico, Hurricane Sandy Five Years Later

Episode Details

Original tape date: October 18, 2017.

First aired: October 18, 2017.

Five years after Hurricane Sandy, other parts of the country including Puerto Rico are dealing with epic weather events and New York continues to rebuild and fortify against future storms. Commentator and City and State editor-at-large, Gerson Borrero, discusses Puerto Rico and post-Sandy politics. Council Member Mark Treyger discusses rebuilding and resiliency in his coastal district. And Columbia University scientist Klaus Jacob will discuss the city's progress on storm-surge protection.

About this series

Brian Talks New York is anchored by Peabody Award-winning public radio host Brian Lehrer. Each week Brian and his guests from academia, journalism and politics analyze the latest news in Brian's home town and look deeply into issues from Hell's Kitchen housing to high water in the Rockaways.